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Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 ChromaBlastTM Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus® PRO 4880 © Copyright 2008, Sawgrass Technologies, Inc., Revision February 2008. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. ChromaBlastTM, ChromaBlast™ inks, ChromaBlast Driver™, and ColorSure™ are trademarks of Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 7 About this Document ...................................................................................
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Introduction Welcome to Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. and ChromaBlast™. We are excited to offer a total cotton solution for your business. We look forward to working with you and to a continued partnership in digital imaging. The ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide contains information for using ChromaBlast™ inks and ChromaBlast media, along with helpful tips for getting the best printing results possible.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 About this Document This document contains descriptions and procedures for using ChromaBlast™ inks, along with additional information on setting up your EPSON Stylus PRO 4880 printer and for getting the best results from use of this system. The documentation provided pertains only to the use of ChromaBlast™ inks in your EPSON Stylus PRO 4880 ink jet printer.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Installing ChromaBlast™ Cartridges Do not install the Epson Inks provided with the printer. Please call Sawgrass Technical Support if you need assistance installing the ChromaBlast™ inks. If you are replacing existing cartridges because they are empty or low, please see the following instructions.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 1. Ensure the printer power is on. Press the ink compartment cover to release the latch and open the cover. 2. Raise the ink lever to the unlocked position. The ink lever is located to the right of each ink compartment.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 4. Remove the replacement ink cartridge from its packaging and insert it into the slot with the label facing left. Do not force the cartridge into the slot. If the cartridge does not insert smoothly into the slot, double check to make sure you have the correct cartridge installed in the correct slot.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 7. After approximately 1 minute, the ink leer messages will appear on the LCD panel. The LCD will indicate that the printer recognized “NONGENUINE” ink cartridges. 8. Press the down key (V) until a message appears that asks the user whether the ink cartridges are “NON-GENUINE”. 9. Press the left key (<) to acknowledge that the cartridges are “NONGENUINE”. 10.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 11. Press the down key (V) until the following message appears: 12. Press the left key (<) to accept acknowledgement of the warranty message. 13.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 14. Press the PAUSE key once. 15. The following message will appear. The printer is now ready for use. Configuration OEM ChromaBlast™ 1 Matte K K 2 C C 3 M M Channel 4 5 Y LK Y K 6 Lc C 7 Lm M If the cartridge does not insert smoothly into the slot, double check to make sure you have the correct cartridge installed in the correct slot.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Printing and Heat Transfer Instructions RECOMMENDED APPLICATIONS White or light colored fabrics in 100% cotton. PRINTING Print using the supplied ChromaBlast 4880 Driver v1.0 program only. The print side of ChromaBlast media is opposite the ChromaBlast logo. For the Epson 4880 place print side face up in the printer tray.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Revision 2/2008 ChromaBlast Driver™ User Guide For Epson Stylus® PRO 4880 For distribution with ChromaBlast™ Media v1.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 Introduction Obtaining the benefits of the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 color management is now incredibly easy - simply print from your application with the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 rather than the Epson printer driver. The ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 prints your image just like the Epson printer driver except for the colors.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Setup Instructions – Windows XP / Vista Product Overview The ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 is color management software that has been written as a Windows printer driver. It is designed to work with Epson ink-jet printers and Sawgrass ChromaBlast™ ink. The installation program will install Sawgrass color management software, the Sawgrass ChromaBlast™ printer driver software, and ColorSure tools and utilities.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 6. The Welcome screen is displayed. Click Next to proceed. 7. The License Agreement is displayed next. Select the appropriate choice for acceptance of the Licensing Agreement to continue.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. 20 ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 8. If you have not previously registered the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0, you will be prompted to do so. Registering is the only way to take full advantage of the features in this Driver. If you choose to register later, select Register Later and click Next to proceed with the installation. 9. If you choose to register now, the registration screen will be displayed.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 of the manual for information on how to use ColorSure to get perfect spot colors). If Setup detects either of these applications on your system, the palette files will be placed in the appropriate folder indicated in the Destination Folder box. Click Next to proceed with the installation. 11. The ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. 22 ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 12. If the installation cannot find the printer port then you will be given the opportunity to choose the port you want to use for the product you are installing. Use the value that was recorded in step 4 above. 13. Once the installation has completed, the Installation Complete screen will display. Click OK to end the installation.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Using ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 in Windows XP / Vista The ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 is simple to use. Whenever you have ChromaBlast™ inks in your printer, you should print using the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0. Do not print to your Epson printer with the Epson printer driver; printing with the Epson driver will not give you the benefit of color management.
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Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 Properties Overview The following figure shows the printer properties for a registered version of the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0. The Advanced Color Options tab and the Print Palette functions will not be available if the product has not been registered.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Group 2 - Color Settings Overview This tab gives you access to all of the color management controls available in the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0. Color correction allows you to create transfers from all kinds of images, from photorealistic images to spot color logos. For maximum flexibility, this Driver lets you color correct bitmap and vector elements differently, even if they are in the same graphics file.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 ColorSure Enhancement - The ColorSure enhancement is used to replace specific colors in your image with a spot color chosen from the ColorSure palette. This resulting spot color enhancement is not affected by color setting. A ColorSure spot color will ALWAYS print the same. See Appendix C for an overview of ColorSure. Print Palette Button – Prints the ColorSure palette for the selected substrate.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Register – If the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 product has not been registered, click this button for instructions on how to register the product and unlock all the features. Input Profile – This option allows you to specify an input profile that the driver will use when color correcting your image.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Appendix A: Network Printing in Windows XP / Vista Network printing with the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 in Windows XP and Vista is simple. Before a network printer can be used it must be installed on the network and shared. Host Machine (Server) The server machine must have installed the printer and have the printer shared. To install the networked printer, run Start | Setting | Printer | Add Printer.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Appendix B: Over-Riding Design Software Color Management The ChromaBlast 4880 driver provides a complete color management solution for your ChromaBlast™ media v1.5 printing. It is extremely important that you turn off any color matching features associated with your design software.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Adobe Photoshop™ 7, CS, and CS2 Color Setup From the main menu choose Edit, Color Settings. On the Color Settings dialog box, turn all Color Management Policies off. Turn off Profile Mismatches. Turn off all color management policies and profile mismatches To Print: Always select File, Print with Preview. On the print dialog page, set the options as described below: a. Check Show More Options b.
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Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Appendix C: Using ColorSure™ and Custom Palette I. Introduction ColorSure is a method for reproducing exact spot colors. There are four main components of the ColorSure System: 1.) the printed palette; 2.) Color Finder; 3.) Custom Palette; and 4.) the CorelDRAW and Adobe application palettes / swatches. 1. ColorSure Palette: This is your main color palette that includes a wide variety of 152 commonly used colors.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. • • ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Select the color settings and the output (high speed, high quality) that you wish to print the palette, and click the box ‘Print Palette’. You now have a visual representation of how the ColorSure palette colors will appear on your t-shirt. III. Designing Your Artwork By picking colors from the ColorSure palette, you will be able to consistently reproduce colors in a reliable manner.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 IV. Using Color Finder After printing the ColorSure Palette, you see that you have an array of colors to work with. There will be times, however, when the color you need is not included in the ColorSure Palette. This is a common example of when you will launch the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.0 Custom Palette Utility. The Custom Palette Utility is a small program that coincides with the ChromaBlast 4880 Driver™ v1.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Custom Palette Utility • You may alter the chosen start color’s CMYK value by selecting two or three Step Colors. Using multiple step colors will present you with a greater range and variety of colors to choose from.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ▬ ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 If you modify your Start Color with three steps, Step Color 1 will remain the same. However Step Color 2 and Step Color 3 will form an imaginary ‘X’ and their values will change on opposing diagonal Y axes. Color Finder Palette with three Step Colors • Next, determine what Step Size you want to apply to the Color Finder palette. This is simply a question of how much you want your Start Color to fluctuate.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 button. This will print your custom Similar Colors Chart directly to the printer. • After printing the Color Chart, try to match your desired color to one that is on the palette. If you find a suitable match, you are finished using the Color Finder tool. Move on to Section V. The Custom Palette. • If you couldn’t find an accurate match on the first printed Similar Colors Chart, don’t worry.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. • ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Next, assign an RGB Input Color value. There are two methods to establish this value. 1. If you have the original file, sample the color that was matched in your graphic design application with the eye dropper tool. This will give you the RGB value of that color. Input this value into the RGB Input Color fields of the Custom Palette section. 2.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Supplies & Equipment ChromaBlast™ ink and v1.5 media are sold through a network of Authorized ChromaBlast™ Channel Partners. A full listing of authorized resellers is available on our Web site at www.sawgrassink.com. Operating Conditions Certain environmental conditions should be taken into account for the operation of ChromaBlastTM ink including temperature and relative humidity.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Troubleshooting The troubleshooting tips found in this section relate mainly to problems that can be seen in transferred ChromaBlast™ images. If you are having problems related to the performance of your printer, please refer to the Problem Solving section found in the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Printer User’s Guide. The colors in my transferred image are incorrect The image may need color adjustment.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 My image looks good but it washes out Ensure you pressed the garment with the proper time, temperature, and pressure. For guidelines, see the section entitled Printing and Heat Transfer Instructions. Ensure you used the recommended ChromaBlast™ v1.5 media and inks. Colors are light and splotchy Ensure you printed on the correct side of the media.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 My image has gaps or bands present Ensure that all of the printer’s nozzles are firing properly. Perform a Nozzle Check from the Utility tab of your printer driver. For further instructions, see the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Printer User’s Guide If one or more of the nozzles fail to print, perform a Print Head Cleaning. For further instructions, see the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Printer User’s Guide.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 Technical Support If you are having difficulties achieving good results from your ChromaBlast™ v1.5 inks or media, you have several support options: 1. Telephone: You may contact your authorized SubliJet reseller during their normal hours of operation for assistance. A full listing of authorized SubliJet Resellers is available on our Web site at www.sawgrassink.com.
